Original: French ROSE-ROTH / GSM / ESCTER NATO Parliamentary Assembly JOINT SEMINAR 91 ST ROSE-ROTH SEMINAR MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST SPECIAL GROUP SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC RELATIONS RABAT, MOROCCO 20-22 APRIL 2016 DRAFT PROGRAMME SEMINAR ORGANISED IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE HOUSE OF COUNCILORS OF THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE SWISS GOVERNMENT #GSMRABAT www.nato-pa.int 8 April 2016
TUESDAY 19 APRIL 2016 Arrival of participants Transport between the airports of Rabat-Salé and Casablanca and the official hotels will be organized by the Moroccan delegation Seminar Venue Parliament of the Kingdom of Morocco Av Mohammed V, Rabat 18:30-20:00 Registration of participants in the lobby of Hotel Tour Hassan 26 Rue Chellah, Rabat, Maroc Evening Free WEDNESDAY 20 APRIL 2016 9:00-9:30 Registration of participants in the Moroccan Parliament 9:45 Seating of participants in the meeting room OPENING OF THE SEMINAR 10:00 Welcome remarks: - Rachid TALBI EL-ALAMI (Morocco), Speaker of the House of Representatives - Hakim BENCHEMAS (Morocco), Speaker of the House of Councillors - Gilbert LE BRIS, Chairperson of the Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group - Ambassador Massimo BAGGI, Ambassador of Switzerland to the Kingdom of Morocco 10:30-10:50 Keynote address by Ambassador Laura THOMPSON, Deputy Director General, International Organization on Migration, on The IOM s Perspective on the Migration / Refugee Crisis in Europe and the MENA Region 10:50-11:30 Question and answer period 11:30-12:00 Coffee Break SESSION 1 MOROCCO: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PRIORITIES 12:00-12:15 Salaheddine MEZOUAR, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Political and Economic Situation 12:15-12:30 Abdelaziz EL OMARI, Minister in charge of Relations with Parliament and Civil Society, on Priorities of the Moroccan Foreign Policy 12:30-13:15 Question and answer period 13:15-14:30 Lunch hosted by the Moroccan Parliament 1
SESSION 2 A UNIFIED INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY IN THE FACE OF SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE MIDDLE EAST Andrea MANCIULLI (Italy), Rapporteur of the GSM (tbc) 14:45-15:00 Mohamed HASSAD, Minister of Interior, on Security Situation The Daesh Challenge 15:15-15:30 Dr Joseph BAHOUT, Visiting Scholar, Middle East Programme, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, on International Diplomatic and Military Responses to the Syrian and Iraq Crises 15:30-15:45 Nicola DE SANTIS, Head of the Middle East and North Africa Section, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, NATO, on NATO Policy in the MENA Region 15:45-16:45 Question and answer period 16:45-18:30 Free Time 18:30 Departure by bus from the official hotels 19:00-21:00 Dinner hosted by the Moroccan Parliament at the Royal Nautique Club du Bouregreg THURSDAY 21 APRIL 2016 9:15 Seating of participants in the meeting room SESSION 3 THE FIGHT AGAINST EXTREMISM: CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES 9:30-9:45 François BURGAT, Research Director, CNRS (French national scientific research centre), on Jihadist Terrorism: a Religious Phenomenon? 9:45-10:00 Ahmed ABBADI, Secretary General of the Rabita Mohammadia of Moroccan Ulama, on Religion and Tolerance throughout History 10:00-10:15 Khalid SAQI, Director of the Mohammed VI Institute for Koranic Lectures and Studies, on The Role of Morocco in the Promotion of a Tolerance Model 10:15-11:30 Question and answer period 11:30-11:45 Coffee Break 2
SESSION 4 SECURITY SECTOR REFORM AND GOVERNANCE 11:45-12:00 Robert PERITO, Director of the Perito Group LLC, former director of the Center of Innovation for Security Sector Governance, United States Institute of Peace, on Security and Police Forces Reform 12:00-12:15 Arnold LUETHOLD, Assistant Director and Head of the operations in the MENA Region, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), on Reducing state fragility in North Africa: The contribution from Security Sector Reform 12:15-13:00 Question and answer period 13:00-14:15 Lunch hosted by the Moroccan Parliament SESSION 5 THE LYBIAN CHALLENGE AND SECURITY IN THE SAHEL Gilbert LE BRIS (France), Chairman of the GSM 14:30-14:45 Speaker tbc, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, on The Moroccan Perspective 14:45-15:00 Presentation of the GSM Report on Libya and Maghreb by Andrea MANCIULLI (Italy), Rapporteur 15:00-15:05 Address by H. E. M. Issaka SIDIBÉ, Speaker of the National Assembly of Mali 15:00-16:00 Question and answer period and discussion of the report 16:00-16:15 Election of the GSM Officers 16:15-16:30 Coffee Break SESSION 6 HUMAN SECURITY IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT: RESOURCE STRESS AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES IN THE MENA REGION 16:30-16:45 Dr Mohamed ABDELRAOUF, Sustainability Program Manager, Gulf Research Centre, Saudi Arabia / Egypt, on Water and Security 16:45-17:00 [Moroccan speaker], on Adaptation Strategies in North Africa and Sahel: the Case of Morocco 17:00-18:00 Question and answer period Evening Free 3
FRIDAY 22 APRIL 2016 8:45 Seating of participants in the meeting room SESSION 7 CORRUPTION, GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY Faik OZTRAK (Turkey), Chairman of the ESC 9:00-9:15 Mohamed BOUSSAID, Minister of Economy and Finance, on The Corruption-Security Nexus, including Terrorism Financing 9:15-9:30 World Bank speaker, on World Bank s Cooperation with the MENA Region in the Fight against Corruption 9:30-10:15 Question and answer period 10:15-10:30 Coffee Break SESSION 8 MIGRATION FLOWS: COOPERATION AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN Menno KNIP (Netherlands), Chairman of the ESCTER 10:30-10:45 Jean-Paul CAVALIERI, UNHCR Representative in Morocco, on Migration Flows in the Mediterranean: an Overview 10:45-11:00 Anis BIROU, Minister in charge of Moroccans living abroad and migration affairs, on Moroccan Migration Policy and Morocco s relations with its Diaspora in Europe 11:00-12:00 Question and answer period CONCLUDING SESSION 12:00-12:30 Closing remarks: - Rachid TALBI EL-ALAMI (Morocco), Speaker of the House of Representatives - Hakim BENCHEMAS (Morocco), Speaker of the House of Councillors - Gilbert LE BRIS, Chairperson of the Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group 12:30-14:00 Free Time for lunch 14:30 Departure by bus from the official hotels 14:30-18:00 Visit of the Medina s Consuls Street and of the Kasbah of the Udayas 18:00 Return by bus to the official hotels End of the programme Transport between the official hotels and the airport of Rabat-Salé and Casablanca organised by the Moroccan delegation 4